Five killed in Mohmand suicide attack

GHALANAI: At least five people including three security men were killed on Wednesday when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at the main gate of the Levies headquarter in Ghalanai in Mohmand tribal region, ARY News reported.

According to a statement of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), two suicide bombers tried to enter in the residential colony of the political administration in Ghalanai. The Levies personnel stopped the bombers, one of which detonated his explo sives at the gate.

Five people including three personnel of Khasadar Force dead. Another bomber was shot dead by the paramilitary force personnel.

Security forces cordoned off the area after the attack and launched a search operation, the statement said.

“Security agencies had the intelligence about intrusion of suicide bombers from Afghanistan inside Mohmand agency,” the ISPR statement added.

Security forces cordoned off the area after the attack and launched a search operation, the statement said.

“Security agencies had the intelligence about intrusion of suicide bombers from Afghanistan inside Mohmand agency,” the ISPR statement added.